Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

Legendary Creature — Vampire

Mana cost: {4}{W}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying, lifelink
Put X +1/+1 counters on Vish Kal, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

activated Sacrifice a creature —

activated Sacrifice a creature — puts the sacrificed creature's power counters on it

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.

activated Remove all +1/+1 counters from Vish Kal —

activated Remove all +1/+1 counters from Vish Kal — shrinks a creature

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a counter on anything, remove a counter from anything.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, it exiles a Nightmare

a Vampire attacks — 339 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter attacks:

  1. Glass-Cast Heart — makes a token
  2. Sanctum Seeker — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken Vampire attacks — 339 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle — When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter attacks, Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle makes a token

a Vampire creature is cast — 339 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Bloodlord of Vaasgoth — When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter is cast, Bloodlord of Vaasgoth grants bloodthirst

a Vampire enters the battlefield — 354 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Forerunner of the Legion — When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter enters, Forerunner of the Legion gives +1/+1

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 899 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 902 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter:

  1. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  2. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  3. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  4. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  6. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  9. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it
  10. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — exiles a creature or artifact an opponent controls

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 1,347 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter gains life:

  1. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  3. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  5. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  6. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  7. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel — surveils
  9. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers
  10. Amalia Benavides Aguirre — kills a creature

55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 1,012 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter gets a counter:

  1. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — puts a counter on a permanent

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 1,669 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  3. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  4. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  5. Ruthless Technomancer — can bring back
  6. Forum Necroscribe — can bring back
  7. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  8. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — can bring back
  9. Pulsemage Advocate — can bring back
  10. Sibsig Muckdraggers — can bring back

558 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 1,669 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  5. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  6. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  7. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  8. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 1,690 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, it draws you 1 card

289 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 2,225 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 3,405 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

202 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 6,543 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

106 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 6,543 cards in Vish Kal's colors can cause this (Vish Kal is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

58 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.